Forbes Lists

Numbers

Valuation Breakdown

79.0,130.0,115.0,43.0

Sport9

$79 M

Market10

$130 M

Stadium11

$115 M

Brand12

$43 M

Profile

The Ducks were ousted in seven games in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last season by the Los Angeles Kings. It was a strange series in that the Ducks lost four games at their Honda Center. The playoffs marked the end of Teemu Selanne’s magical NHL career, the greatest Duck in history, whose career included 684 goals, one Stanley Cup (2007), two first-team All-Star games (1993, 1997) and six Olympics with Finland (1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014). Team owners Henry and Susan Samueli have shown interest in attracting an NBA team to the Honda Center, but have struck out so far in their efforts.

More on Forbes

FanDuel and DraftKings have a competitor looking to take away their stronghold on partnerships with professional sports teams and leagues in the U.S. The new daily fantasy sports operator at the table is Draft Ops, and it is making a splash with a forthcoming announcement that it has signed a 3-year, mid-7 figure deal with Barclays Center read »

The NHL postseason is among the most exciting tournaments in all pro sports, and this year’s iteration has been no exception. Six of the eight first-round series went at least six games deep, and more than one in five first-round games ended in sudden-death overtime.

It has been a long time since Arsenal fans have approached a season with such high hopes. A settled squad – so far goalkeeper Petr Cech is only significant signing – well balanced and with a number of options at each position…..except one. read »

Am I “Non-Willful”? Taxpayers pursuing resolution of a foreign account issue within the Streamlined Procedures are required to certify, under penalties of perjury, that their conduct was “non-willful.” For purposes of the streamlined procedures, non-willful conduct is defined as conduct that is “due to negligence, inadvertence, or mistake or read »

It has finally happened. A powerful group of leaders in international finance, the Group of Thirty, (G30) called last week for far-reaching banking reforms to restore public trust. It opened the door to dismissal if necessary of top executives in the banking sector, new approaches to hiring and stronger roles by boards of directors “to ensure read »

Anything can be marketed – especially political candidates. As the political season starts ramping up, we are witnessing the beginning of what is sure to be a fast-paced, rapid-fire, marketing competition play out. Day-by-day, almost any candidate can be on top of the leader board with polling numbers shifting drastically. Imagine marketing a read »

When Dan Price announced that he was raising the minimum salary in his company to $70,000, it made a lot of headlines. The story of the founder and CEO of the Seattle-based credit card processor Gravity Payments drastically cutting his own salary in order to raise the standard of living of even his lowest paid employees was written about just read »

With Michel Platini, French footballing legend and boss of UEFA (Union of European Football Associations), hotly priced at 8/13 by online bookmaker Betway Group to become the next President of FIFA, the sports global governing body, the sports betting firm currently has odds of 5/1 that the World Cup will expand from 32 teams to 40 – one of read »

In that deflating moment when the star employee you painstakingly mentored tells you that despite much admiration and gratitude she’s leaving for something better, it’s easy to react emotionally and to blame others—those disloyal millennials, can’t believe the competition poaches like that—but you can only reduce turnover in the future read »

We’re still incredibly far away from the sixth season of Game of Thrones, but given that it’s currently starting to film, news about what comes next is beginning to leak. And today, there’s a bit of fantastic news from set that the show has brought on Deadwood alumni Ian McShane to take on an unspecified read »

Warner Bros./New Line/Time Warner Inc.’s new Vacation sequel/reboot was the only wide release daring to debut alongside Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation. The film opened on Wednesday with $3.8 million and earned another $2.5m on Thursday. As such, its $14.8m weekend brings its cume to $21.172m thus far. read »

Major Sponsors

Key Connections

Media Buzz

Revenue and operating income are for 2013-14 season and net of revenue sharing and arena debt service.

Enterprise value of team based on current arena deal (unless new arena is pending).

Net of arena revenues used for debt payments.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Includes arena debts.

Includes benefits and bonuses.

Includes club seats.

Compares the number of wins per player payroll relative to the rest of the NHL. Playoff wins count twice as much as regular season wins. A score of 120 means that the team achieved 20% more victories per dollar of payroll compared with the league average during the 2013-14 season.

Local revenues divided by metro population with populations in two-team markets divided in half.

Portion of franchise's value attributable to revenue shared among all teams.

Portion of franchise's value attributable to its city and market size.